Abstract: System, method and computer program product for effective supply-side planning of inventories during product transitions. The system for a supply-side entity that generates recommendations that include personalized shaping actions to control each customer's rate of adoption of a new product to replace an older legacy product during a transition period, and optimize overall use of available supply. The method optimizes personalized shaping actions so that a customer is transitioned at a speed that suits their personal profile as well as the seller's production/inventory constraints for each product. Shaping actions are determined based on the trajectory of each product's lifecycle. Further, customer-level adoption patterns for transitioning products are predicted from past behavior.

Abstract: System, method and computer program product for effective supply-side planning of inventories during product transitions. The system for a supply-side entity that generates recommendations that include personalized shaping actions to control each customer's rate of adoption of a new product to replace an older legacy product during a transition period, and optimize overall use of available supply. The method optimizes personalized shaping actions so that a customer is transitioned at a speed that suits their personal profile as well as the seller's production/inventory constraints for each product. Shaping actions are determined based on the trajectory of each product's lifecycle. Further, customer-level adoption patterns for transitioning products are predicted from past behavior.